[slbullough]

Hi
Just a little note to all thoes incredable adoptive parents.
Im an adoptee placed within a loving secure family.

The waiting, the challanges a head you faced the questions that you wanted to ask but cant. Adoption I should imagine is one of the most stressful times in your life.


Will she/he like us
Will I be able to bond with this child.
What if I don’t tern out to be a good parent.
She might leave us when she is 18 and find natural parents.

As adoptees you only usually read stories in the media about finding birth parents.
I think we need to say thank you to our adoptive parents for all those wonderful years that they have given us. Having three children of my own I now understand the difficulties of being a parent without any of the other worries adoptive parents go through.

THANKYOU To All of you wounderful Aparentsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[txrnr]

I see your intent and I think it's great. I'd like to go one step further, since we're aiming that as aparents.

They're my parents. Period. My folks may have had "additional" worries because we were adopted, but they never shared those with us, or made us feel we were any different. I would never thank my parents for adopting me. I think they'd hate that. I will say I love them, and thank them for being great parents!

I think the first 3 questions are asked by most new parents. My parents may have worried I'd find my biological mother, but they always encouraged me to do so if I wanted, and even offered to do it for me. I think they realized that love isn't exclusive. One doesn't have to infringe on the other.